Improvement in dumping-eeels foe harvesters



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Letters Patent No. 68,461, dated September 3, 1867. i I

IMPROVEMENT I DUMPING-EEELS EUR HARVESTERS.

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To ALL wHoM 1r MAY coNeERN=- Be itknown that I, E. I. RUSSELL, of Manlius, in thc county of Onondaga., and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reel-Dinnpers or Droppers for Harvesters and Rcaping Machines;` and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. In the drawingsi Figure 1 is a perspective View, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation, Athe operation being shown in red lines.

This invention is an improvement upon the reel-dumpen patented vto me 1866, and principally consists inraising both ends ofthe reel-shaft at the same time, and in the position of the rear ends of the duinper-tingers, and the upward and backward movement of the reel in discharging the gavcl.

In the drawing A represents the general framework of the harvester; B the cutter-bar; C the standards which bear the dumper; D is the shaft ofA the revolving cradles or, duinper-reelf. E E are two arms keyed at right angles to the shaft I), and support the two revolving cradles F. 'Ihese cradles F are made of suitable slats of' suileient length, and their supports E are of such a length that when the cradle is in the position for receiving the cut grain, the points of the lingers shall be at a point nearly touching the rear ofthe cutter-bar, and the oppositey ends of the fingers shall be inclined upward and backward to a point considerably in rear of the shaft I), as shown in drawings. A-t the ends o t` the sha-ft aro ailixed double-end cam levers Gr Gr, which play upon the plates H II, attached for that purpose to the standards C by a half revolution of the dropper-shzrft, causingthe shaft to risc clear of any obstacles, and discharge the bundle. I -I are two short levers pivcted at the upper and rear ends of the-standards. In the other ends of these levers are the bearings of the shaft D.' .I If-are guide-arms on each standard, and they pass between and guide the levcrs'Gand I. `On one of the levers, G, atv its opposite ends, are projecting arms K, to receive the action of' the tripping device. L is the tripping crank, turning freely on'one end of thc shaft In the other end of the crank L is n. spring-bolt, N,4 with` a bcv el'ledffacm'so that when thrust backward it may slip past the arm K. 'Ihe operative foot-lever is attached tothe stud a on the end of cra'nk L. 4

' In the operation of my invention, ns the'gruin is cut it falls upon the cradle F. When the driver sees that enough for a gavel is eut., he pushes the operative lever with his foot or hand, which makes the bolt N of lever L pull against thc arm K of lever G, thereby causing t-lieflow'er ends of leversG and I to rise, raising withl them both ends ofg the shaft D, thereby giving an upward and backward movement to the cradle, upon which the gavel lies. As the pressure of the foot or hand continues,l the cradle F is made to half revolve, and thus drops the gevel, the other cradle taking its place lalmost instantaneously.

By the arrangement described ofthe cradle-fingers, and the raising of both ends ofthe shaft and cradle, I am enabled to get an upward, backward, and drawing motion, which discharges-the gra-in in the best and evenest manner. p

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Raising thereradle-shaft at both endsat the saine time that the cradles are revolved and carried backward by means of cam G, plate H, and crank L, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Cams G, plates H, lever I, arms J, and crank L, combined and operating substantially as' described.

In testimony that I claim the above-described invention I have hereunto signed my name this 24th day of September, 1866.v

W'itnesses:

JOSEPH BAKER, ELIJAH N. ScovtLLn. 

